Nebraska Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Nebraska reported 122 priced lines covering 25,365 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 27,574 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 727 head. replacement cattle receipts at 898 head.

Mon Feb 10, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Feeder CattleReceipts 27,574Last week 21,415Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 727Last week 576Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 898Last week 0Year ago 0

Compared to last week steers under 800 lbs sold mostly 2.00 lower, over 800 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Heifers under 900 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower and over 900 lbs 6.00 lower on a thin test. Demand was good for light weight calves that were longtime weaned and suited for summer grass with moderate demand for feedlot placements. Early week trading on the CME cattle boards displayed downward pressure Monday through Thursday with the summer live cattle boards banging around 108.00-110.00. Sellers of top performing feeders felt the downward pressure as their 8 weight cattle only brought a little over a hundred dollars a head more than the 6 weights in the steer market. But, we all know odd things happen in the global trading market. Nebraska feedlots sold bulk of there list when the CME board was down but, who knew it would trade sharply higher Friday??? So far, for the week, live sales sold from 118.00-119.00 and dressed sales from 190.00-192.00. The upward movement in early rounds of trading on the CME Friday is giving cattle owners a breath of fresh air hoping they can gain a upward push in the cattle markets next week. Arctic cold snap blew through the state Wednesday and Thursday with more seasonal temperatures by weeks close. Hopefully Mother Nature will deal a pleasant hand to area livestock owners as some have started calving after the negative blow many incurred in 2019.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	413	168.00	168.00
5	—	564	166.00	166.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	691	120.00	120.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,078	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	902	125.00	125.00
12	—	773	130.00–135.50	132.28
18	—	461	183.00	183.00
179	—	726	134.00–143.50	138.72
129	—	831	129.10–133.00	131.37
75	—	884	125.00–130.00	127.31
13	—	639	145.00	145.00
36	—	562	160.00–162.50	161.45
94	—	677	140.00–146.00	142.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	603	178.25	178.25
164	—	757	152.75	152.75
269	—	701	157.00–157.85	157.68
62	—	495	205.00–206.50	206.02
52	—	532	201.00–203.00	201.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	572	184.00–184.75	184.52
13	—	409	225.00	225.00
36	—	651	166.35	166.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	359	177.00	177.00
44	—	580	166.00	166.00
65	—	682	154.00	154.00
13	—	411	177.00–179.00	177.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
157	—	428	171.00–210.00	193.21
142	—	917	126.00–137.35	133.51
292	—	478	169.00–202.00	186.18
693	—	867	129.25–141.00	136.59
25	—	325	214.00–245.00	232.30
148	—	975	129.25–133.00	130.96
39	—	387	190.00–229.00	224.36
876	—	820	127.50–146.60	136.94
697	—	527	163.00–193.00	180.26
1,166	—	576	160.00–181.50	171.60
1,399	—	767	130.50–153.00	144.63
1,548	—	723	135.50–159.50	147.45
1,650	—	626	150.50–176.50	165.21
2,332	—	676	145.00–163.50	154.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	741	132.00	132.00
8	—	619	152.00	152.00
49	—	530	171.00–174.50	171.94
5	—	384	168.00	168.00
6	—	342	186.00	186.00
16	—	480	171.00	171.00
19	—	566	158.00	158.00
24	—	437	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	388	179.00	179.00
38	—	438	166.50–181.00	171.81
116	—	717	130.00–140.00	136.51
7	—	804	132.00	132.00
53	—	580	157.00–161.50	158.86
57	—	480	160.00–187.50	176.67
94	—	667	140.00–148.50	145.50
182	—	626	142.50–161.50	154.76
87	—	536	152.00–180.00	169.20
148	—	778	125.50–137.50	132.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	382	165.00–184.00	172.79
114	—	927	124.00–125.00	124.54
1,206	—	529	146.00–171.25	160.54
1,350	—	724	126.00–143.00	133.52
1,398	—	573	140.50–169.50	155.04
1,429	—	671	130.50–145.00	137.99
1,834	—	622	134.00–155.50	146.84
247	—	878	122.00–130.50	128.21
370	—	830	123.50–133.25	128.84
895	—	768	125.00–136.50	130.89
529	—	479	148.00–179.00	164.85
235	—	422	151.00–179.00	167.15
18	—	977	123.00–125.00	124.35
16	—	333	170.00–188.00	180.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	536	140.00–158.00	151.11
84	—	586	139.00–150.50	144.36
122	—	627	134.00–144.50	138.32
175	—	676	119.00–133.50	131.19
9	—	297	185.50	185.50
6	—	850	115.00	115.00
31	—	494	150.50–164.00	159.02
29	—	439	147.50–156.50	149.90
12	—	383	156.50	156.50
7	—	976	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	733	145.50	145.50
105	—	673	143.00–159.00	154.71
37	—	776	134.00	134.00
59	—	586	148.60	148.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	560	146.00	146.00
19	—	369	165.00	165.00
53	—	437	155.50–169.00	158.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	438	158.00	158.00
76	—	630	144.75	144.75
30	—	529	155.25	155.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	557	135.00–147.00	142.99
26	—	820	127.00	127.00
37	—	701	129.00	129.00
77	—	629	134.50–142.50	138.19
60	—	663	127.00–133.00	130.60
22	—	770	127.00	127.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,414	910.00	910.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	—	1,293	1,160.00	1,160.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	—	1,396	1,160.00	1,160.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	63	—	1,310	850.00–1,025.00	925.98
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	48	—	1,316	1,100.00–1,225.00	1,193.03
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	31	—	1,343	1,775.00–1,850.00	1,799.45
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,330	1,125.00	1,125.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	145	—	1,206	1,450.00–1,685.00	1,591.11
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	—	1,169	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,112	835.00	835.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	151	—	1,260	1,300.00–1,610.00	1,481.75
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,106	700.00	700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	44	—	1,337	985.00–1,235.00	1,057.72
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,118	90.00–98.50	93.91
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,025	71.00–87.00	79.92
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	48	—	1,075	1,600.00–1,650.00	1,620.92
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	993	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	96	—	1,035	1,350.00–1,650.00	1,537.34

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,385	65.00	65.00
3	—	2,185	79.00–82.50	80.13
10	—	1,746	70.00–77.50	74.20
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,428	58.00–69.50	62.59
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,272	43.00–52.50	46.98
84	—	1,333	49.00–59.50	55.10
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,626	50.00–64.75	57.46

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the Nebraska barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.

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